Folding bed.



WE L.' MURPHY. FOLDNG BED.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJT, 194.

Patented Mm", 6, 191?.V

IN VEN TOR'.

TE@ STATES PATENT. l()IPFICEQ WILLIAM L. MUR-PHY. OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO MURPI-IY WALL BED COMPANY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION QF CALIFQRNIA.

FOLDING BEL.

i Patented Mar. e, 1917.

Appiication filed August 17, 1914. serial No. 857,127.

To all/whom #may concern.'

lle it known that l, lVILLL/uit L. MURPHY. a citizen of the United Stateshand .a resi dent of the city and county of Sa`1iFra-Ii cisco, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Beds, of which the following is a-specification. g

rIlie invention relates to folding beds Iand particularly to such beds which are adapted to fold upwa'rd on a horizontal axis 'and be foldedinto or moved ypinto" a closfit or recess.

An object of the invention is toprovide .a folding bed which when folded is of 1"i'iini-, muni depth, and this is accomplished without ,sacrificing :in iY of the room or space necessary for the reception of the mattress, bed clothes and pillows.

Another object of the invention is to provide a folding bed, which when folded is of iiiininiuiii height, and this is accomplished without folding' the hed frame von itself. The length of the. standard lied frame is approximately six fecit four inches and the height of a standard door is approximately six feet eight inches, and it is one of the objects of this invention' to provide a I standard hed which iiiay 4he folded into, or

` these elements,

going, will beset 'forth at length 'in the fol-f when folded may be moved into,- a closet or recess which is adapted to he closed by a standard door. objects of the invention is to provide a bed 'which'when folded occupies a minimum ofA space, without sacrificing mattress and pillow room, and without shortening` the length of thc` hed. such, that when folded the sul'iportingand operating :nechanisni lies between the front and rear of the folded structure, so that no extra depth is necessary to accommodate Another objectv of the invention is to provvide means for controlling' the movement of4 the pivoted head frame as the bed'is beine; folded and unfolded, and a further object is to provideimproved ineans' for `counterhalancingthe weight of lglie hed.

The invention. possess s other advantageous features, some of which, with the forelowiiig description. where I Vshall outline -in .full that forni of the invention which I have selected for illustration in the draw? ings accompanying and forming part of Aof iiiy invention ln other words. one of the- The construction of the bed is the bed frame isin the liori cal position the head' f-ran'ie'is vertically dis.

thepresent specification. In the drawings Ihave/shoii-n only one'specific foim of niy generic invention, but it is to be understood thatjI do not limit myself to such form, lbecause my invention may be embodied in a 'multiplicity of forms, each-belng avspecies Fig'. 2 is a side view of Athe folding bed vertical or folded position and. being' disposed in a recess. part of the structure being broken away to reduce the Size of the figure.

" Fig. 3 is a sectionof a portion of the bed vtaken on the line A-A Figi.

In homes, hotels, apartment houses and the like. space is avery vvaluable consideration` and tlicfsaine reasons which demand a folding bed, dciuaiid that the bed whenA folded occupy as siiiall a space as possible. This demand I liavefu'lfilled by the present bed` without lessening the space necessary iii the. bed for the reception of the mattress, bed clothing and pillows, so 'that' these ar ticles may remain in place on the lied when folded, and without lessening theleng'th of i the hed.

The bed of my inventionA comprises a bed v frame formed in part of the .side rails 2. the

head 4 is of such height that it extends above or to the level of the top of the pillows when the mattress` bed clothing` and pillows are in place on the lied. Pivotally attached to thefixed head is the Vhead fra'ine fi. which is controlled in its movement-So that when Aoiital or verti-.

posed. and the controlling meansis such `that the head trame is held in a.substantially vertical position dui'liiil he folding and the' unfolding' of'thelicd i lliehed frama'is pivotally' ounted on .linlm 6v irrangedon opposi Asof the ofniy invention, the bed being' shown in the Y bed frame, and the links are piroted at their lower ends to brackets or lugs 7, which are secured to the floor or other structure. The pivot pin 8 between the linkv (3 and the bed frame lies in the plane ot the side rails 2 and is spaced from the near end of theirail a distance slightly less than thc length or' the link. l

Arranged at opposite sides oi' the bed inthe angle between the side rails and the head frame are brackets S) on which occur pins 12 which are disposed above the plane of the side rails when the bed traine is inthe horizontal position. Each pin engages a stationary guide 13, which is preferably iornied integral with the lug 7. rlhe guide is provided with a shoulder 14 `adjacent its Vupper end on which the pin l2 seats when the bed frame is horizontal, thereby locking the traine in such position. inclined backwardly at such anangle that when the bed frame reaches the vertical position the upper end 'of the fixed head, or that end to which the head trarne is pivoted, lies almost in contact with the rear wall of the recess, thereby eliminating any 'waste room. When the bed is in the vertical position, the links (3 are substantially vertical and do not extend beyond the bed rails, thereby causing no waste of room at the front of the folded bed.

The movement of the head frame 5 and its position when stationary is controlled by the link 15, pivoted at one end to the head frame, and at the other end to an arm or extension loon the link 6. The position of the connection between the 'link l54 and the extension 16 is so placed with` relation to the positions of the other pivots, that when the/bed frame is horizontal the head frame is vertical and when the hed frame is vertical, the head frame is ,vertical and the hea'd frame remains substantially vertical during the "folding Qrunfolding Imovement of the bed frame. l i

in the manufacture of beds the various 'pivotsand links are cast,so that there is more or less play at the pivotal connections, and since when the bed frame is in a vertical position, three pivotal points are almost alined, there may be considerable' independ.-

ent movement of the head frame about its pivot. To ,prevent this independent movementI X a pinor abutment 17 on the link vL5 which is arranged to Contact with the head frameM/hen the bed frame is in the lvertical position,

The be'd frame 1s. counterbalanced by means of a s ring or springs 18 arran ed transversely below the 'bed frame. en thedouble spring construction is employed, one end 'of the spring may he attached to arl eye bolt ,which is agdjustably securedto a stationary element preferably formed inte- ,gral with the lug and guide at .one side of The guide isl the spring, and in one ol' said cables or in` each of them, a tnrnbuckle or other means may bc inserted ior the purpose ot permit ting the length of saine to he adjusted. By arranging the counter-lialancing springs .horizontally and transversely below the bed' lranic, no extra space is necessary-'tor the springs, and the bed is toldable into asniall space.

l l claim:

1. ln a folding bed, a bed iranxe adapted lto swing from a horizontal to a vertical'position, a head traine `pivotally mounted on said bed frame, supporting links ior said bed trarne, pins on said bed l'rame ionrnaled in` said links, and means connecting one of said links with `the head trame for maintaining the head Yframe in a substantially vertical position when the bed Jr'ranie in its vertical or horizontal position.

2. vIn a folding bed, a bed frame, a fixed l head on 'said frame, a head traine pivotcd to said lixed head, supporting links attached to said bed frame, and means connecting one of said links with the head frame lor maintaining the head Yframe in a substantially vertical position asl the bed frame is folded and unfolded.

3. ln a folding bed, a bed iframe., a fixed head on said frame, a head framey pivotcd to said fixed head, supportinglinks attached to said bed trame, and a. link connecting one oi' said suporting links with the head frame, said link maintaining the head trarne in substantially a vertical position as the bed frame is folded and unfolded.

4. ln a folding bed, a bed trarne, af fixed `head on, said traine, a head Aframe pivoted -to said fixed head, supporting links attached to said bed frame, an extension on one of" said links projecting above the plane o? the bed frame when it is in a horizontal position, andy alink connectingsaid extension and the headfframe.

In. a folding bed, a bed lrame, a, fixed head on said lframe, a head framepiv/otwl to said fixed head, supporting links attached to said hed frame, a link connectingoneoic said 'suppon ingl links with the'head traine, and `an labutn'ient on sald connecting link adapted to contact with the head traine when the bed-traine is in a vertical position.

6. Tn a folding bed, a bed frame, a fixed head on said trame. a head trarne pivotcd to said` fixedhead` sul'if'iorting links pivoted to said bedframe in theI plane ofthe framei A vertical position when the bed frame is in its vertical or horizontal position.

7.11n a folding hed,`the combination of a lied frame adapted to be moved from a horizontal to a vertical positionfa mounting.

to which ysaid bed frame is pivoted,` a head frame pivoted t0 the bed frame and Va link connecting said head frame to the mountin 15r at a point forward of said head' fame an spaced from said bed frame pivot for maintaining said head frame in a substantially vertical position when the bed frame-is' in its horizontal or vertical position.

In testimony Whereof,' I have. hereunto Aset my handvat San Francisco, California,

this V11th day of August, 1914.

WILLIAM L. MURPHY.

In presence of- J. B. GARDNER, R.B. TREAT. 

